As confusion and big questions surround Donald Trump’s new proclamation of the $100,000 H-1B visa fee, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services ( USCIS ) has shared an updated clarification regarding the matter. Answering if certain status change applications will have to pay the hefty cost or not, a new guidance issued on Monday, October 20 (US time) has apparently offered some new insight and better clarity amid the controversial H-1B row.

Narrowing down who the proclamation applies to, the US government’s Monday guidance alert confirmed the visa fee is meant only for new visa applicants outside America. As a result, visa sponsors or employers won’t have to empty their pockets for those already present in the country, foreign nationals on student visas . On top of that, current

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